"Eight Ways of Knowing: Research and Creative Nonfiction" with Ann McCutchan

5/2/2015 From 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

$49 for members (please log in for member pricing)

$109 for nonmembers

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Note: Online registration will close at the end of Thursday, April 30. After that you can pay admission at the door with a check or money order for the walk-up rate - $59 for members and $119 for nonmembers - as long as seats are available. Thank you!

In this half-day session, participants will explore “eight ways of knowing" -- a rich assortment of research techniques and source materials that can be applied and deployed to surprising advantage in personal essay, memoir and other types of creative nonfiction.

These “eight ways” include What You Remember, What You Witness, What You Examine, and What You Imagine. Together with four more, they comprise the nonfiction writer’s most important resources in getting at and expressing the personal and factual truths of a work. Writers might not employ all of them in one piece. Often we blend or intertwine two or a few. However we do it, we refine their use as we compose and recompose.

This course will help nonfiction writers of all levels

Develop research skills

Identify knowledge at hand

Practice technique

Determine true subjects (They’re not always what we think.)

A combination of lecture, discussion, and writing exercises, the class is open to all levels. Short advance readings are required.

About the instructor:

Ann McCutchan's work springs from deep interests in the arts, nature, and creativity, and the ways they shape individuals, places, and history. Her books include a biography of French flute virtuoso Marcel Moyse and a volume of interviews with composers about the creative process. In 2011, she published two titles: Circular Breathing: Meditations From a Musical Life (personal essays) and River Music: An Atchafalaya Story, an eco-biography of Louisiana musician Earl Robicheaux and the Atchafalaya River Basin. Ann is currently writing Where's the Moon? a memoir of Florida during the Space Race, and a biography of author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.

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Writers' League of Texas classes and workshops are also funded in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts - Investing in a Creative Texas. For more information, go to www.arts.texas.gov.

The Writers' League of Texas would like to thank St. Edward's University for its generous support and commitment to community, ongoing education, and the arts. Visit www.stedwards.edu.